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Gangnam Style is a song by 34-year-old South Korean rapper Psy. Its music video was released on July 15, 2012, featuring a unique horse-riding dance in a comical portrayal of people living in the Gangnam district of Seoul. The video quickly went viral around the world and in late October became the most liked video in YouTube history. It inspired a spate of global parodies.

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Suga, of K-pop boy band BTS, is the featured artist on, and producer of, Psy’s new song That That – the lead single of the Gangnam Style singer’s ninth K-pop album, Ssada 9 (Psy 9th).

He’s the undisputed top-billed king of Korea’s TV variety shows – but was he really almost a member of Exo, and did you spot him in the Gangnam Style video?

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HyunA made her name with girl groups Wonder Girls and 4Minute, and by dancing in Psy’s Gangnam Style viral video. Today, she is one of K-pop’s biggest and sexiest solo performers.

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The former Triple H members will both release solo albums on November 5 – after quitting Cube to join Gangnam Style star Psy’s new label P Nation

The South Korean star, 41, who enjoyed massive international success with his 2012 song, has asked fans to help choose the title for his new album release

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Experts say Korean authorities’ systematic failure to stop drug dealing and the vicious competition in show business are the two leading cause of drug use by stars.

Korean education entertainment company SmartStudy is aiming to cash in on growing market for educational content in smartphones; its next viral hit could feature penguins.

A man from rural France impersonated South Korean "Gangnam Style" entertainer Psy at the Cannes Film Festival, eating, drinking and partying with the stars in Cannes for two days, press reports said yesterday.

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Gangnam Style star Psy was praised by South Korea's president and slammed by its state broadcaster all on the same day yesterday as his new song Gentleman made more than just musical waves.

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The music video, released a day after the song hit online stores worldwide, registered 10.7 million hits on YouTube in the 15 hours after its debut at a packed concert in Seoul.

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Even North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's threats of nuclear war can't divert world attention from the big event on the Korean peninsula this week - the launch of Psy's follow-up to his global hit Gangnam Style.

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Following a jaunty ceremony featuring a 21-gun salute, folk dancers and Gangnam Style star Psy, Park Geun-hye, who was sworn in on Friday as president of South Korea, made a revolutionary promise - to make her workaholic, ultra-competitive, ultra-stressed people happy.

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A South Korean man who embezzled US$4.3 million and had plastic surgery to evade capture has been arrested after a hostess-bar spending spree in Seoul's upmarket Gangnam district.

South Korean pop sensation Psy’s Gangnam Style became YouTube’s most-watched video of all time, registering more than 805 million views to overtake Baby by Canadian heartthrob Justin Bieber.

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